We find that mathematics skills have a stronger relationship to university performance than verbal skills. While both … are predictive of degree completion and class of degree obtained, mathematics skills have a larger effect, and are …

Much research shows that students take account of their perceived comparative advantage in mathematics relative to …-estimate female comparative advantage in English relative to mathematics. Our preferred estimates provide no evidence that teachers … exaggerate the female advantage in English relative to mathematics and generally suggest the opposite. We conclude that …